Irwin Allen Ginsberg (/ˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ/; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism, and sexual repression, and he embodied various aspects of this counterculture with his views on drugs, sex, multiculturalism, hostility to bureaucracy, and openness to Eastern religions. More about Allen Ginsberg
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Best known for his poem "Howl", Ginsberg denounced what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States. San Francisco police and US Customs seized copies of "Howl" in 1956, and a subsequent obscenity trial in 1957 attracted widespread publicity due to the poem's language and descriptions of heterosexual and homosexual sex at a time when sodomy laws made (male) homosexual acts a crime in every state. The poem reflected Ginsberg's own sexuality and his relationships with a number of men, including Peter Orlovsky, his lifelong partner. Judge Clayton W. Horn ruled that "Howl" was not obscene, asking: "Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"In total, we tracked 131 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Allen Ginsberg (Jack Kerouac & Allen Ginsberg- Signed Bank Check) was sold in March 2015 for $1999.99 while the cheapest item (ANNE WALDMAN SIGNED PERSONAL LETTER 1972 - Poetry - Beat Poet - Allen Ginsberg) found a new owner for $4.13 in January 2015. The month with the most items sold (4) was April 2013 with an average selling price of $387.50 for an autographed item of Allen Ginsberg. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2015 with $1999.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.32 was January 2015. In average, an autographed item from Allen Ginsberg is worth $81.00.
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ALLEN GINSBERG - signed Rolling Thunder Logbook | $50.00 | ||
Allen Ginsberg Autograph Signed Oh! 10/29/83 Boulder Mounted With Picture | $200.00 | ||
Allen Ginsberg Patti Smith Signed original screenprint poster 1996 Mark Arminksi | $475.00 | ||
Allen Ginsberg Signed 5x7 Photo Original Rare Vintage | $25.00 | ||
Allen Ginsberg signed book first blues cd | $25.00 | ||
FUGS LP signed by Allen Ginsberg 1967 Issue Vinyl | $20.00 | ||
HOWL AND OTHER POEMS PB POCKET POETS SERIES BOOK SIGNED BY ALLEN GINSBERG | $49.99 | ||
RARE! Poet Allen Ginsberg Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA | $119.99 | ||
RARE!Poet Allen Ginsberg Answered And Signed 3 Page Questionaire Todd Mueller | $699.99 | ||
Signed book photo of beat poet Allen Ginsberg | $34.99 |